ening s l lis pace ifu . ut ea ted to pre e b Fall 2014 ica ntin a ed g t in d h is e zz t ve Ja a ry be t in Board of Directors h t t o r p President - r Tim Coakley o From f - the o Vice President n President Al Brooks A Treasurer APFJ’s Season Opener is a Must-see! Don Nania Trombonist Clifton Anderson’s Quintet will kick off our 2014 season on Sept. 12. Secretary Jerry Gordon Anderson grew up surrounded by music. His father was a church organist and choir director, and his mother a singer and pianist. When he was Beverly Elander just seven years old he got his first trombone, a gift from his uncle, Sonny Rollins. Al Haugen He attended the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art. In 1974, he spent a year at Leslie Hyland The State University of New York at Stony Brook studying under Simon Karasick and Dave Schech- Mark Kleinhaut ter. He was instrumental in the development of Doxy Mike Lategano Art courtesy of Tony Avacato Records and produced four releases for the Sonny Rollins’ label. They include the CDs Sonny, Please, Road Shows Vol. 1, Anderson’s own Jeff Nania Decade and the live DVD Sonny Rollins in Vienne. After a long, rewarding and privileged association with his uncle, he left Rollins’s Bill McCann group in 2009 to further establish his own music and himself as a leader. His most re- cent release, And So We Carry On was voted “One of The Top CD Releases of 2012” by Patti Melita Jazz Inside Magazine. The CD reached #4 on nationwide Jazz radio and along with his live shows continues to receive stellar reviews. Alice Rudnick He will bring his working group to our stage: Eric Wyatt, saxophones; Victor Gould, piano; Paul Beaudry, bass; and Steve Williams, drums. www.aplaceforjazz.org 1 Fall 2014 www.APLACEFORJAZZ.org Long-time Jazz Host Signing Off There’s a torch being passed at the long-running and replace Jim, but I’m looking forward to continuing his well-loved radio program Jazz After Hours, created by work, playing the great jazz that is being recorded and Jim Wilke 30 years ago in Seattle. The show has been performed today, and maintaining the show’s carried on WAMC, 90.3 FM in Albany for many years. important place in the international jazz scene.” The man picking up the torch this fall is Jeff Hanley, Wilke noted in a post on the Jazz After Hours Face- also a well-known name in the Seattle, Bay Area, Los book fan page “After 3,100 shows, I think it’s time Angeles and Santa Barbara radio markets. Jazz After to quit while I’m ahead and still healthy. Jeff Hanley Hours airs twice weekly on more than 60 Public Radio will be the new show host and he’s an old friend (and International stations. a darn nice guy). You’ll hear him on some shows this summer as I do some traveling and then he takes over Forty years ago this winter, Wilke gave Hanley his full time in October.” Wilke concluded by saying, “Be first professional radio job on KING-FM/Seattle. nice to him and he’ll play you some great music.” Hanley engineered more than 500 jazz shows for Wil- ke, hosted a Sunday morning jazz show on KZAM/ Steeped in radio, Hanley’s broadcast career comprises Seattle, and created the 24/7 jazz station KJZZ/Seattle. stints at KLOS Los Angeles, KOME San Jose, KZAM Seattle, KTYD Santa Barbara, and KJZZ Seattle when “To say I’m excited about hosting Jazz After Hours those call letters debuted in the Northwest jazz scene. is an extraordinary understatement. No one can ever Albany Jazz Fest Lines Them Up! September 6 - Jennings Landing, Albany MARIA ZEMANTAUSKI 1 - 1:45 pm Maria Zemantauski is one of the world’s most her- for over a century” (All About Jazz), The Professor’s alded female flamenco-style guitarists and composers. syllabus is taken from the finest New Orleans reper- She’s brought her nylon-string guitar fusion to Spain, toire, from Sidney Bechet to Fats Domino. Italy and across the continental United States to great acclaim. Metroland named her the “Capital Region’s CATHERINE RUSSELL 5:15 – 6:30 pm Best Acoustic Guitarist.” The Wall Street Journal calls Catherine Russell “one of the outstanding singers of our time,” her voice MICHAEL BENEDICT JAZZ VIBES 2:15 - 3:15 pm “drenched in emotion, drama, experience and pure A unique project from celebrated local vibraphonist swing.” and drummer Michael Benedict, Jazz Vibes features a wealth of Capital Region talent melding Brazilian, JACK DEJOHNETTE TRIO featuring Ravi bossa nova and straight-ahead jazz sounds. Coltrane and Matt Garrison 7 – 8:30 pm “Generally regarded as one of the finest living jazz PROF. CUNNINGHAM & HIS OLD SCHOOL drummers” (Los Angeles Times), NEA Jazz Master 3:45 – 4:45 pm & Grammy winner’s career spans five decades and Led by Australian reedman Adrian Cunningham, “a includes collaborations with some of the most iconic young jazz artist who plays as if he has been playing figures in modern music. We’re looking for brief items from our readers. If you have a jazz item, a CD you have enjoyed, a jazz book you’ve read, a concert or performance you heard, an upcoming musical engagement, anything, Send us tell us about it. We reserve the right to edit contributions and cannot guarantee their inclusion, but will stuff welcome them all. Send to A Place for Jazz, PO Box 1059, Schenectady NY 12301 or [email protected] 2 APFJ Fall 2014 Series All Performances begin at 7:30 pm Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady, 1221 Wendell Avenue September 12 Trombonist Clifton Anderson began performing with his uncle, Sonny Rollins, in 1983. He now leads his own dynamic quintet, which has a repertoire that ranges from swinging bop to Latin grooves and calypso. September 26 Tenor saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The October 10 Fringe, a trio founded in 1972 Award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis that performs regularly in the Cole has made an impressive Boston area and has toured impact on audiences ever since she world wide. He has appeared first took the stage as a on over 20 recordings, teenager. She won the 2007 including as a member of the Jazzmobile competition and Grammy-winning Joe Lovano Nonet. received an award in the Montreux He will bring a quartet to our stage. Jazz Vocal Competition. She will be backed by a quartet that in- cludes the outstanding tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and the great pianist Harold Mabern. October 24 Bassist John Menegon has been November 7 a mainstay of the regional jazz Trumpeter and vocalist Bria scene for years. He will head the Skonberg covers jazz from swing lively quartet that is featured on to modern. Her stage presence, his latest CD I Remember You. coupled with her husky singing voice and trumpet chops, have garnered a “Rising Star” spot in DownBeat Magazine’s 2013 Critics Poll and an “Up and Coming Star” nod from the Jazz Journalists’ Tickets: $15. One child under 12 admitted Association. She will close out for free when accompanied by an adult. the season with a quintet. Series ticket: $60 until September 12. To purchase tickets or become a member: aplaceforjazz.org 518.393.4011 [email protected] 3 www.APLACEFORJAZZ.org Fall 2014 www.APLACEFORJAZZ.org Local Jazz Venues A full performance and venue calendar can be found at aplaceforjazz.org 9 Maple Ave Saratoga Springs, Max London’s 466 Broadway, 518.587.7759 Saratoga Springs, 518.587.3535 Radio Jazz Shows WVCR 88.3 FM The Crossroads of Athos Restaurant 1814 Western More Bread and Jam Café Jazz, Darrin Scott and Ted Avenue, Albany, 518.608.6400 130 Remsen St, Cohoes, 518.874.4272 Moisides, Saturday 12-2 pm. A mix of the essentials and the Blu Stone Bistro 661 Albany- One Caroline Street Bistro contemporary. Shaker Road, Colonie, 518.869.9976 Saratoga Springs, 518.587.2026 WAMC 90.3 FM Tim Coakley, Route 9P Bread Alone, 45 East Market Panza’s Restaurant Saturday 11 pm – 12 am Street, Rhinebeck, NY, 845.876.3108 Saratoga Lake, Saratoga Springs, 518.584.6882 WAMC 90.3 FM Jim Wilke, Jazz Bull and Buddha, 319 Main After Hours, Saturday and Sunday Street, Poughkeepsie, 845.337.4848 Portofino’s Italian Ristorante 831 New Loudon Rd 1-5 am; Afro-Pop Worldwide, 4 pm (in the Travelodge at Latham Circle), Sunday; John Pizzarelli and Jessica Café Capriccio 49 Grand Street, Latham, 518.608.4675 Albany, 518.465.0439 Molaskey’s Radio Deluxe, Saturday 2-4 pm Prime 677 677 Broadway Albany, Carmen’s Café 198 First Street 518.427.7463 (corner of Adams), Troy, 518.326.2064 WCDB 90.9 FM Bill McCann, Saturday 8 am–12 pm; Bill Goss, Provence Restaurant TGIF Jazz Party, Friday 4-6 pm; Castle Street Café 10 Castle Stuyvesant Plaza- Western Avenue at Street, Great Barrington, MA, Fuller Road, Albany, 518.689.7777 DJ MJ’s Beat Street Jazz, Jazz South 413.528.5244 of the Border, Monday Prime at Saratoga National 10 am - 12 pm Century House 997 New Loudon Golf Club 458 Union Avenue, Road (Rt 9), Latham, 518.785.0834 Saratoga Springs, 518.583.4653 WRPI 91.5 FM Rich Berkley’s Dusty Corners heavy with, but not The Desmond Albany Shaker Pub at Cooper’s Cave exclusively jazz, Tuesday 8-10 pm; Road, Colonie, 518.869.8100 2 Sagamore Street, Glens Falls, Kevin Roberts, Thursday 8-10 pm, 518.792.0007 varied theme show Druthers Brewing Company 381 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 518.306.5275 Speakeasy518 42 Howard St, WSPN 91.1 FM J Hunter’s Albany, 449-2332 Jazz2K: America’s Music in the The Fountain Restaurant 21st Century Tuesday 6-8 pm 283 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, Stockade Inn 1 No.